Majority
The record supports the court’s discretionary upward departure to level two. Clear and convincing evidence established aggravating factors that were not adequately taken into account by the risk assessment instrument (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841 [2014]). In addition to the underlying sex crime, defendant’s record included a very serious attempted murder conviction and an earlier conviction involving sexual intercourse with a child. These aggravating factors outweighed the mitigating factors cited by defendant.
Concur — Acosta, P.J., Manzanet-Daniels, Gische, Kapnick and Kahn, JJ.
Cases cited
- People v. Gillotti 23 NY3d 841 p. 624